Brake attachment for automobiles.



F. JEMANNING.

BRAKE ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED Nov. I5. 1915. RENEWED ocr. 28. 1916.

WITNESSES:

INVENTOR Patented June 11, 1918.

citizen of: thetUnited Stet U tity'; and :countyyoffi San :Fralncispo sin of Gailiforiiia'; have invented new and; Improvements i 'Bi a ke :Att 1 Automobiles; oi hie the. specification-.1

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of said 'frockshafts i in;a; bearing -;carried by an arm detec heblyconneeted totthevdifi'ere ential housinggof the. automobile,

Theequ lizi ig b ar I conneet, ;pivota1ly', to a forwardly extending tension rod,- which rod is" in, turn piyotel ly eonnected to a, specially constructed; strap detachably car:

ried 'u'pon the foot pedal ofthe u'sual transwhen thefoot pedel is moved. to set the i r Spepiiicatioii oi' ih etter iazoperateswthe;i main 'brake v V I the latter each at m-covered' -e H in "housing 10 mounted uponfthe "axle h u i-diiierent ial ;v njuretthose; ndirectn-s'in its: 1 a opera, onthejbraking eption; isfinsecurea and 1 transmission casing 14 fitter; actingitandzimormma foot :peda1:15',which A o, preyent; injuryi toiithe w a p rating.tper si frth uto obi er pp :t Q drums alremiy I them operatively"; tot

Figf' showed dtail seet n51 equalizing bar and its connegtions.

housing IO aJnd Wheels 1 1 of e11 bra edifu h i mi s" inside filth by "me The intern l t,

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Inth dr-ewi" grieve Shawn th' "re brakes are :oprited in the well-known weyby inee'fns of for" Werdly extending-iinks' 'm conneetedto the "Y shoW'ii )j an'd V arefpiof of em r ency: The is shfowh esterrying;

is intended"originally" i to operate-Ia.ftransinissidn brake "carried f' Within the easing in a manner Well-known? These" parts i just I described are as i found 5 iroriginallyfin thetype of 'sliu'tomobile in ques- V 'ctioniandconstitute theframework to which I received u onthe; housings foutheg druins. 1

my improvedbrake attae'hment is applied;

of the drums 12 an external contracting brake lfi'comprising infitS simplest form a l e friction vstrep encircling the drum and' eon-- nected at its ends to a k-arm 17 earried" fixedly upon a, rock-shaft 18, Each of said rock:shefts is journaled at'its outer end in e bearmgi19"earried upona bracket 20, said originally'proyided for the purpose of connecting the parts of the internal brake to -s aid housing; i i i i If desired, a slot 22 may he formed in the bracket having a. downwardlyeurved body portion lying below the axle" and" carried upon thehousing 10 by means of bolts'21 i already in'p1ace th'ereon, which bolts" were a r fment of thefootpedahor, if desired, the

ti htener for each of the brake bands lG, V w ich is in the formof a set-screw Mseated i in a right angular extension formed on the rear end of the bracket 20. The screw 24 has adjustably mounted thereon a yoke.

26 adapted to engage with the brake band and force the same toward the drum when the screw is turned into .its socket. .1

"The rock-shafts 18 extend'inwardly. to a position where their ends approximately 'abuteach other, and at'this point a bearing 27 is provided, which. bearing, is carried upon an oflset supporting arm 28 fastened to the differential housing 29 by means of bolts 30 already in place thereon. Fixed to the end of each rock-shaft is arr-upstanding farm 31, said arms carrying at their upper {ends a'n equalizing bar 32 pivotally connected between them. An od'set rod 33 is pivoted centrally upon said equalizing bar and extends. forwardly beneath-, the body of the automobiletoa point adjacent to the foot pedal 15,;vvhere. a strap 34: with an the foot pedal;

,angularsplit head 35 connects the same pivotally with] the slanted leg'porti on 36 of In 'operatiomiiwith improved brake attachment-applied to an automobile, the.

transmission' bralre is preferably loosened so as not to engage except on an extended movesaid transmission brake may-be permanently disc,onnected, from the foot pedal. A forward actuation of said foot pedal draws the tension rod .33 forwardly and actuates the.

rock-shafts 18 through the agency of the equalizing bar 32, thereby setting the brake bands on both drums with equal pressure.

A spring 37 is applied to the equalizing bar, or the foot pedal or other portion of the brake, for the purpose of disengaging the brake bands when the foot pedal is released by the operator. Should any obstacle interfere with the operation of any one of the brake bands or the Wear upon them become unequal, with respect to the other band, the

equalizing bar will take up the difierence and, moreover, the set-screws 24 wiil permit adjustment of the bands to suit the conditions of wear The attachment of the parts of my improved device is obviously a simple matter, requiring no drilling of holes in the difierent, parts of the automobile or the use of special tools to apply the same in use. Therefore,

these brakes may be sold as an attachment and put in place by an unskilled user.

The main advantages of a device of this character reside in preventing injury to the drive-shaft, axle and other parts of the automobile by dispensing with the transmission brake and in the provision of a direct acting brake for the rear wheels operated by the main brake pedal already in place upon the automobile.

jacent ends of sai incense I It is obvious that changes in the details of the various parts of my device may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention as disclosed in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by'Letters Patentis- 1. In combination with the rear "axle and the supporting wheels of an automobile, said wheels having the usual friction drums, a

brake band encircling eachdrum, a two-part hill external contracting brake bands'cooperating with. the drums, brackets supported on thehousings .for said drums and extending forwardly thereof, rock-shafts having operative connections with said-brake bands ournaled in saidbrackets and extending in- :1

wardly with their adjacent ends abutting each other, an elon'g ted bearing for the adrock shafts, an ofiset support for said bearing carried detachably upon the diflerential housing of the automobile, upwardly extending arms on the adjacent ends of said rock-shafts, each arm having an aperture tapered inwardlyfrom each side of the arm, an equalizing bar pivotally engaging in the apertures of said arms, and

a tension rod pivoted centrallyflupon said equalizing bar, and means for actuating said tension rod to operate the rock-shafts and control said brakes.

3, in combination with the rear axle and the supporting wheels of an automobile, sr id wheels having the usual friction drums, a

brake band encircling each drum, a two-part.

shaft, a bracket supporting the inner ends of the shaft parts, a rock-arm fixed on the outer end of each shaft part and connected to the adjacent brake band, an apertured arm fixed on the inner end of each shaft part, an equalizin bar having end trunnions engaged in tie apertures of the last arms, and operatingmeans connected to the equalizing bar,

d. A brake for an automobile having the usual rear axle and supporting wheels, coniprlsing friction drums carried by the wheels,

- external. contracting brake bands coiiperating with the drums, brackets supported on the housings for said drums and extending forwardly thereof, rock-shafts having opera- .tive connections with said brake bands jourlL w are

10 apertures of said arms,

naled in said brackets and extending in- Wardly with their adjacent ends abutting.

pivoted centrally upon said equalizing bar,

said bearing carried detachably engaging in the and a tenslon rod and .I neans for actuating said tension rodto operate the rock shafts and control said brakes.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set M my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' FLOYD J. MANNING. I Witnesses: v

JOHN H. HERRING, W. W. HEALEY. 

